2016 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 2016. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.

List of years in Canadian television:

Events

January
Date Event
13 Corus Entertainment enters a deal to acquire the assets of Shaw Media, including the Global Television Network.[1]

February
Date Event
29 The Biography Channel, owned by Rogers Media, is relaunched in conjunction with Vice magazine as a Canadian version of Viceland.[2]

March
Date Event
13 The 4th Canadian Screen Awards airs on CBC.[3]

April
Date Event
10 Stéphanie St-Jean wins the fourth season of La Voix.
30 TVA Group closes Argent, a French-language channel which focused on business news and financial information, due to poor profitability.[4]

May
Date Event
4 Bell Media acquires Gusto TV and the Gusto brand from Knight Enterprises.[5]
12 Nick and Phil Paquette win the fourth season of Big Brother Canada.

June
Date Event
3 After being cancelled the previous day, CTV's morning show Canada AM airs for the last time. Canada AM has aired on CTV since 1972.[6]
14 Rogers Media files an application with the CRTC to convert OMNI Television, currently a system of four multicultural television stations in major metropolitan cities, into a nationally distributed cable channel.[7]
15 The CRTC announces a new policy for the provision of local news content on Canadian television stations, now requiring a minimum of just seven hours per week on non-metropolitan stations and creating a new local news fund to assist in paying for that programming.[8]

August
Date Event
8-19 The CTV Television Network airs the first season of Game of Thrones unedited, and with reduced commercial time at 10 p.m. in all markets. This is the first time Game of Thrones has aired on network television in North America.[9]
20 Following Gord Downie's diagnosis with glioblastoma, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration, iconic Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip's August 20 concert at the K-Rock Centre in their hometown of Kingston, as a live cross-platform broadcast on CBC Television, CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, CBC Music and YouTube.[10]
22 Your Morning, the replacement for Canada AM, premieres on CTV stations in Eastern Canada and on the CTV News Channel nationwide.[6]

September
Date Event
5 Peter Mansbridge, the longtime anchor of CBC Television's newscast The National, announces that he will retire in 2017 following the network's special Canada Day broadcast on July 1.[11]
7 CHCH announces it will resume broadcasting local news on the weekends in the form of two half-hours of news programming at 6pm and 11pm starting October 29, 2016. The station previously aired weekend news until December 2015 when the station's news division filed for bankruptcy.[12]

Television programs

Programs debuting in 2016

Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2016. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.

Start Date Show Channel Source
January Lost & Found Music Studios Family Channel [13]
January 4 Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race Cartoon Network
January 8 Hello Goodbye CBC Television
February 7 Letterkenny CraveTV, The Comedy Network [14]
April 4 Wynonna Earp CHCH-DT
April 24 Home to Win HGTV [15]
May 8 Raising Expectations Family Channel
May 24 St. Nickel Unis [16]
May 26 Private Eyes Global [17]
June 14 Baroness von Sketch Show CBC Television
July 6 Cheer Squad ABC Spark [18]
July 25 The Switch OutTV
August 22 Your Morning CTV [6]
August 28 Four in the Morning CBC Television
September 4 Hip-Hop Evolution HBO Canada
September 5 Tricked YTV [19]
September 5 Ranger Rob Treehouse TV
September 6 Dot. CBC Television [20]
September 10 Snapshots [20]
October 2 This Is High School [20]
October 3 The Goods [20]
October 4 Kim's Convenience [20]
October 10 Shoot the Messenger [20]
October 17 Travelers Showcase [21]
October 27 Second Jen City
November 1 Counterfeit Cat Teletoon
November 6 Frontier Discovery, CraveTV [22]
November 9 The Beaverton The Comedy Network [23]

Networks and services

Closures
NetworkTypeDate
The Pet Network May 2
ichannel August 15
M3 September 1
W Movies December 12

Television stations

Stations changing network affiliation
DateMarketStationChannelPrior affiliationNew affiliationSource
February 22Dawson Creek, British ColumbiaCJDC-TV5 (analog)CBCCTV Two[24]
Terrace/Kitimat, British ColumbiaCFTK-TV3 (analog)
September 1Lloydminster, Alberta/SaskatchewanCKSA-DT2.1Global[25]

Network affiliation changes
Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation References
February 22 Dawson Creek, British Columbia CJDC-TV 5 (analogue) CBC CTV 2
Terrace, British Columbia CFTK-TV 3 (Analogue)
September 1 Lloydminster, Alberta-Saskatchewan CKSA-DT 2.1 Global [26]

See also

References
  1. "Corus Entertainment acquires Shaw Media for $2.65-billion". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. "Rogers and VICE Announce New Specialty Channel". Broadcaster, November 5, 2015.
  3. "Canadian comic Norm Macdonald to host Canadian Screen Awards". Hamilton Spectator, October 6, 2015.
  4. "Quebecor Media's TVA Group closing business channel Argent". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bon-appetit-bell-media-acquires-gusto-brand-to-launch-its-first-food-and-lifestyle-channel-578142061.html
  6. Peter Edwards (2016-06-06). "Ben Mulroney, Anne-Marie Mediwake to host CTV's new show 'Your Morning'". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  7. "Rogers seeks to revive OMNI with national multicultural channel". BNN, June 14, 2016.
  8. "CRTC wants TV stations to air 7 hours a week of local news". Toronto Star, June 15, 2016.
  9. http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/winter-is-coming/
  10. "Tragically Hip's final concert to be broadcast live on CBC". CBC News, June 17, 2016.
  11. "Peter Mansbridge to step down from The National next year". CBC News. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  12. http://www.chch.com/chch-to-bring-back-weekend-news-broadcasts/
  13. Brioux, Bill (11 December 2015). "Family Channel's next step: 'Empire for tweens'". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. p. E8.
  14. "TV Show "Letterkenny", starring Listowel's Jared Keeso, has a launch date". 570 News, November 9, 2015.
  15. "HGTV Canada Begins Production on New Original Series". Broadcaster, October 15, 2015.
  16. "«St-Nickel»: une première série originale pour Unis TV". Huffington Post, June 25, 2015.
  17. "Jason Priestley, 'Rookie Blue' Star Cindy Sampson Find 'The Code'". The Hollywood Reporter, October 13, 2015.
  18. "ABC Spark Begins Production on First Original Series". Broadcaster, October 30, 2015.
  19. "YTV to Debut New Canadian Original Series ‘Tricked’". Broadcaster, August 24, 2016.
  20. "CBC Announces Fall Program Schedule". Broadcaster, August 25, 2016.
  21. "Showcase Unveils Fall Lineup" Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, August 29, 2016.
  22. "Jason Momoa to star in Canadian TV drama about fur trade". Toronto Star, November 16, 2015.
  23. "Canadian Satire Site 'The Beaverton' Becomes Fake News Show". Exclaim!, June 2, 2016.
  24. Bell Media Radio G.P. (2015-10-28). "CRTC Application 2015-1226-0" (ZIP). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  25. Faguy, Steve. "Global expands network after CBC abandons affiliates". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  26. Faugy, Steve (September 1, 2016). “Global expands network after CBC abandons affiliates”. blog.fagstein.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
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